328 THE BIRDS 
larger end, where they form a complete ring or band, 
though not as heavy as the House Wren. Size, .66x.52. 
While they breed further inland these are my only records 
for Tidewater. Their food undoubtedly differs little 
from that of the House Wren, and they probably migrate 
about the same time. They are an erratic bird through- 
out their range, often a number of years passing by with- 
out their returning to their regular breeding ground; 
possibly some year we may find them again with us in 
Tidewater. In our western part I found them breeding 
up to +,500 feet altitude. 
GENUS TROGLODYTES. 
[721]. Troglodytes aédon aédon (Vierllot). House 
Wren. 
[Jenny Wren]. 
Rayex.—Eastern North America. Breeds chiefly in 
Transition and Upper Austral zones from eastern Wiscon- 
sin, Michigan, central Ontario, southern Quebec, and New 
Brunswick south to Kentucky and Virginia; winters in 
eastern Texas and Tamaulipas, and in the South .Atlantic 
and Gulf states. 
The House Wren will have to draw straws with the 
Carolina Wren to find out which is the most common 
summer resident here; sometimes I think one, sometimes 
the other. The House Wren does not winter with us, 
though, arriving about April 8th and leaving about 
August 18th, according to the lateness of the last brood. 
As soon as he arrives he sets about finding a suitable 
hollow, box, tin can, or dozen other localities resorted 
